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GALEN MINOR SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1949 – October 23, 1969
Service recordGalen Minor Smith, of Canon, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 109
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 84 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Canon, Georgia (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 109
- KENNETH EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- KERRY BRENT LOVESecond Lieutenant · October 23, 1969
- EUGENE OSCAR MARTINEZLance Corporal · October 23, 1969
- MANUEL GODINE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.